To understand wingsuit aerodynamics and how the outfit allows its wearer to really fly, you have to understand the basic physics of flight. The first principle to keep in mind is that air is a fluid -- much like water. Try to move your hand, palm flat, through a tub of water or stic...
Note that many people include thefalling actionin their dramatic structure. I don’t include it because I believe the term “falling action” to be misleading and really only appropriate for Freytag’s narrow definition of the tragic, Icarus structure, not a modern three-act story structure. Yo...
NASA also collaborated with the European Space Agency to develop the ESA's Solar Orbiter (SolO), which studies the Sun from close enough to make Icarus jealous. In 2022, SolO delivered to us thehighest-resolution image of the Sun's corona ever taken. ...
Water supply:Clearly, a geyser needs a water supply. What might not be so apparent, however, is where the water in a geyser's eruption comes from. The answer depends on the geyser. Many geysers are located near rivers and pull water from them. Others seem to depend more on rain and s...
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense o
Icarus Plot Diagram The Icarus arc is quintessential tragedy. The plot elements usually are usually arranged like this: The protagonist begins low in the exposition. Their fortunes begin to improve after an inciting incident. Things continue to improve in the rising action, culminating in a midpoin...
infeaturedfree/open-sourcelinuxsoftware How to Install Raspbian OS on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ October 11, 2019-No comments After my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ First Impressions, allow me to share with you how I installed Raspbian OS on this tiny... ...
So let's not pause AI. Let's just pause the reckless race to superintelligence. Let's stop obsessively training ever-larger models that we don't understand. Let's heed the warning from ancient Greece and not get hubris, like in the story of Icarus. Because artificial intelligence is giving...
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The guys used a gas-powered mixer to mix sand, water and type-S masonry cement. Then they would shovel the cement in to large tubs for the block layers. Pro-Tip:Wet the tubs before adding the mortar to help prevent it from drying out. ...